Austin M Noted, but yeah Feller, and regardless you ever been hit by 80? It hurts. A lot. Not to mention the exit velocity on balls fouled straight back. You want really crazy look up what hockey goalies faces looked like before they had gear that shit is bonkers.
@@tonyattardo9350 back when catchers didn't have any extra gear was when pitcher's threw underhand and catching the ball off one bounce was an out. Catchers also used to play a lot further back than they do today. They would play far enough back to play the pitch off of a bounce
I once had a fouls ball hit my mask and I couldn’t hear the players around me asking if I was ok lol. Me not responding was a blatant giveaway that I wasn’t, but I stayed in the game.
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James Gimpl oh for sure but also idk i would take suzuki over mauer because of how reliable he was and how tough he is. yes mauer in his prime beats suzuki in his prime but look how many quality years suzuki has giving compared to mauer but idk that’s just my opinion
@@grossla8053 yes mauer was a beast but he caught every other game that's why he said he wasn't as reliable that's why he played first near the end of his career
I watched an interview with Johnny Bench last night, and they asked him about the Buster Posey injury. He said that he always let the runner see the plate. If they can see the plate, they will slide. If you take that away from them, they will go for you. He also said that he pointed his left foot at them so if they tried to spike him the shin guard took all the force. I watched Johnny and the Reds through their championships in 1975, and 1976. The best catcher at the time.
Catcher is really the one position in baseball that you really have to want to play in-order to make it simply because you probably have the arm ability to play corner OF, 3B or SS and probably can work a glove good enough to play 1B but yet have chosen to make your way in baseball by being a literal target practice dummy.
No you need an arm to play every position if not a guy can steal or get an extra base. You need three things as a catcher durability, an arm and eye sight. Not only do you have to take hits you got to be able to toss a guy out at second or third on top of that catch anything near you. The catcher is the anchor to the
@@samjohnson4626 thats exactly what he is saying... His point was that the catcher likely has the ability to play most positions but still chooses to be the one behind the plate
a varsity catcher at my school always tells me: “catchers are here to field. but what makes them different than other fielders is that they are mainly there to make the pitcher the star of the show. for example in a play the catchers are the ones who work behind the scene, helping to lighten the show.”
The gear that the catcher is wearing is just to prevent serious injuries. The only thing that will really protect you is your mitt, so the game is in your hands.
i know i’m late to this but i had a play at home and the runner tried to run me over but just bounced off me. it was the funniest thing to watch afterwards 😂
Played catcher in high school only, and I can say I have had every single moment in this video. Its like racing, your going to hurt and you cannot be afraid of it. Not for weak men
Look a bit closer , buster went a long way from missing the catch to getting in the way , if he focused on actually catching the ball first , the runner would've passed him by no collision . Buster knew dam well he did not have the ball , yet he threw his body into the runners path anyway . Clearly busters split second reaction to at least give out some punishment if he couldn't get the out did not work out very well for him , his body position was completely retarded . He's dam lucky his moronic decision didn't end up worse . Bottom line , the hit he took was avoidable and entirely his own fault.
Don't block the plate if you don't have the ball. Posey didn't give him anywhere to go except through him. His mistake caused the rules to be changed, and made baseball less exciting because of it.
I just started playing catcher recently so this video resounds with me… Getting hit and walking it off is the easy part but Getting back behind the plate again and again is the toughest.
(this comment is for my catching students and youth league & HS athletics students). Where posey got hurt.. Shouldve been an out.. Notices he wasnt in the running lane, Runner didnt need to challenge, and for his protection shouldve slid.. The challenge at the plate where a lowered shoulder was allowed and the throw took the catcher into the running lane.. thats when its a runners challenge and catcher's place to contest his challenge.. thats where we see the grit of baseball...
In college, I wasn’t a player, but was working at the team’s practice. Freshman catcher wasn’t wearing a helmet under his mask, just a hat. A future MLB slugger hit the catcher on top of his head with his backswing. The coach made all catchers wear helmets after that.
The flagrant failure to attempt to score by Cousins in destroying the 2011 season for San Fran resulted in a rule change, and Cousins being drummed out of baseball.
i dont play baseball, but why did some of those players running toward home look like they were basically decking the catcher rather than sliding? I SWEAR THEY WERE GOING FOR BODY NOT PLATE
I don’t think 🤔 so. At 8:06, the catcher’s mask didn’t fall off but at 8:16, the mask fell off. This catcher took a beating twice from the same guy in a day.
Where's Molina's nutshot from a couple years ago? He took a 100+ mph foul ball straight to the junk and was out of the game for over a month because he had to have surgery on it
One time in 12u baseball I was catching and there was a play at the plate and I had him out by like 5 feet but he decided to drop his head and truck me and I blacked out. 😂
Do they need to start calling batters out for hitting the catcher on the backswing in order to give them a little more awareness of what they are doing? FFS.
I am a catcher and I was the only catcher on my team one season and while I was batting I fouled a ball onto my toe and wrecked it. I had to catch the rest of the game with a dead toe.
That’s what they are supposed to do. It’s part of the game. If the catcher has the ball they block the plate and the runner is supposed to lay them out. They do truly care. It’s part of the game.
Catchers are beasts and nobody can tell me otherwise!!
Any baseball player is a beast
@@blainew79 so you dont watch baseball uhn
jojo baezツ what? I watch baseball everyday
jojo baezツ look at his pfp lol
jojo baezツ maybe you misread? I said every baseball player is a beast
also known as: "foul tips bullying kurt suzuki for 9 minutes"
Jlitzy Gaming he’s so unlucky!🤣 I feel bad
😂
😂
Vgvtggtgtgv
Suzuki gettin’ no love.
I was a catcher for years, I have never felt so relatable to a video before!
Me too. Seriously. Every foul off the mask makes my ears ring again. Its bad. Ive had my ears ring for days after a foul ball.
brockman3353 not a position for the faint of heart
Im a middle schooler and this dude in my league throws 65-70+ mph fastballs and got two of my gloves torn apart
I hit a my own Catcher in the head chasing an outside pitch during practice he made that season a living hell for me I deserved it
Me too I catch for a select team
Catchers are like the running backs of the MLB. Minus all the glory.
Both sport the guy throwing the ball gets all the credit 🤦
Or like a goalie in soccer lmao
Loved Ortiz's reaction at 7:17 ....classiest player ever!
Wait... who asked🤔
Just remember, at one point, catchers had no extra gear ☹️
And what gear they have on doesn't protect much.
True, which is impressive, but pitchers weren’t throwing 95mph either back then
@@AustinoM Ever heard of Bob Feller?
Austin M Noted, but yeah Feller, and regardless you ever been hit by 80? It hurts. A lot. Not to mention the exit velocity on balls fouled straight back. You want really crazy look up what hockey goalies faces looked like before they had gear that shit is bonkers.
@@tonyattardo9350 back when catchers didn't have any extra gear was when pitcher's threw underhand and catching the ball off one bounce was an out. Catchers also used to play a lot further back than they do today. They would play far enough back to play the pitch off of a bounce
Catcher: takes 100mph baseball square to the nuts
Announcer: I don’t think that one got him in the foot
He got hit in the foot earlier in the AB. He got hit in the other foot later in the game
Well actually it was 78mph then probably 89 after it hit the bat idk but damn that’s gotta hurt
Gardenhire was trying so hard not to laugh at that
When the ball hits your mask the worst part is it makes your ears ring like crazy and you can’t hear anything - it really puts you in a daze.
I once had a fouls ball hit my mask and I couldn’t hear the players around me asking if I was ok lol. Me not responding was a blatant giveaway that I wasn’t, but I stayed in the game.
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suzuki is one of the most underrated catchers of all time
seriously, he has to be the best catcher in minnesota since mauer
James Gimpl oh for sure but also idk i would take suzuki over mauer because of how reliable he was and how tough he is. yes mauer in his prime beats suzuki in his prime but look how many quality years suzuki has giving compared to mauer but idk that’s just my opinion
Dipplen Mauer had the greatest 7 year stretch we’ve ever seen from a catcher lol
facts
@@grossla8053 yes mauer was a beast but he caught every other game that's why he said he wasn't as reliable that's why he played first near the end of his career
I watched an interview with Johnny Bench last night, and they asked him about the Buster Posey injury. He said that he always let the runner see the plate. If they can see the plate, they will slide. If you take that away from them, they will go for you. He also said that he pointed his left foot at them so if they tried to spike him the shin guard took all the force. I watched Johnny and the Reds through their championships in 1975, and 1976. The best catcher at the time.
Being a catcher thank you for this. We take a beating all day and we never get noticed or really given what we deserve.
1:18 greatest timing ever for the sound effect 😂
Catcher is really the one position in baseball that you really have to want to play in-order to make it simply because you probably have the arm ability to play corner OF, 3B or SS and probably can work a glove good enough to play 1B but yet have chosen to make your way in baseball by being a literal target practice dummy.
No you need an arm to play every position if not a guy can steal or get an extra base. You need three things as a catcher durability, an arm and eye sight. Not only do you have to take hits you got to be able to toss a guy out at second or third on top of that catch anything near you. The catcher is the anchor to the
@@samjohnson4626 thats exactly what he is saying... His point was that the catcher likely has the ability to play most positions but still chooses to be the one behind the plate
A catcher can play every position but every position can't play catcher
Hence why Buster Posey said he'd never let his kids play catcher (in addition to the obvious)
I’ve had a few of these but I loved playing catcher so much
Ha, same here.
I am glad catcher finally get recognition for being absolute beasts
These guys have balls traveling towards them at 90+ mph daily. They aren’t scared of anything.
Jacob James That’s funny
Yeah
That’s funny 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I’m a catcher this is 💯% true
yuh imagine if a slider catches their thumb wrong 😬
a varsity catcher at my school always tells me: “catchers are here to field. but what makes them different than other fielders is that they are mainly there to make the pitcher the star of the show. for example in a play the catchers are the ones who work behind the scene, helping to lighten the show.”
Yes catchers are the hype man as I tell my daughter. Receive the pitch and hit dingers is what they do...
5:00 sounds like they’re commentating golf lmao
That sound effect at 1:16 is too perfect
I feel really bad for Suzuki 2 times in one game?!
The foot and the crown jewels clips were in the same AB
3:38
2:08
2 times in one AB lol
You're correct catchers are 100% beasts, they have to be!!!
Kurt Suzuki at least deserved to be on the thumbnail pic
no Posey.
8:12 “nice catch blue”
The gear that the catcher is wearing is just to prevent serious injuries. The only thing that will really protect you is your mitt, so the game is in your hands.
2:54
Story of my life
Damn Suzuki gets hit a bunch. Friggen ouch
Stephen Vogt is tough as nails... I loved watching him in Oakland!
As a catcher, Ive been through this pain countless times.
I was a decent enough pitcher to end up playing D1 baseball and I had great catchers most of the way thru - I loved all my catchers!!
Some of those hits look career-ending. Damn!
i know i’m late to this but i had a play at home and the runner tried to run me over but just bounced off me.
it was the funniest thing to watch afterwards 😂
Played catcher in high school only, and I can say I have had every single moment in this video. Its like racing, your going to hurt and you cannot be afraid of it. Not for weak men
That Saurez play, literally nothing could have been done
5:45 danggg that's when Posey broke both his legs 😬😬
Buster did not deserve to get railed like that sheesh
screw whoever drops a shoulder into a catcher
Look a bit closer , buster went a long way from missing the catch to getting in the way , if he focused on actually catching the ball first , the runner would've passed him by no collision .
Buster knew dam well he did not have the ball , yet he threw his body into the runners path anyway .
Clearly busters split second reaction to at least give out some punishment if he couldn't get the out did not work out very well for him ,
his body position was completely retarded . He's dam lucky his moronic decision didn't end up worse .
Bottom line , the hit he took was avoidable and entirely his own fault.
y not buddy you need look a little bit closer. He his kneeled IN FRONT of the plate. The runner goes out his way to run him over
Don't block the plate if you don't have the ball. Posey didn't give him anywhere to go except through him. His mistake caused the rules to be changed, and made baseball less exciting because of it.
@@mrmc9278 Agreed, every catcher should know what they sign up for when they take the position, that includes physicality in every aspect of the game
At 1:31 the catcher blocked the plate before he had the ball... the running should be called safe.... read the rules someone.
Suzuki is taking some for the team
Ya know why these catcher keep going because the position is so fun
I play catcher and I’ve been ran into and hit it hurts but it is sooo fun
I just started playing catcher recently so this video resounds with me… Getting hit and walking it off is the easy part but Getting back behind the plate again and again is the toughest.
Catchers are "Hands Down" the toughest guys on the diamond!
The home run collisions, makes me scared of being a catcher lol
(this comment is for my catching students and youth league & HS athletics students). Where posey got hurt.. Shouldve been an out.. Notices he wasnt in the running lane, Runner didnt need to challenge, and for his protection shouldve slid.. The challenge at the plate where a lowered shoulder was allowed and the throw took the catcher into the running lane.. thats when its a runners challenge and catcher's place to contest his challenge.. thats where we see the grit of baseball...
4:00 random dad dab
1:18 best time for a sound EFFECT XD
I remember seeing a foul ball hit alex avilas mask and there were sparks that flew off
I remember that - the ball popped one of the welds on the mask to do that.
In college, I wasn’t a player, but was working at the team’s practice. Freshman catcher wasn’t wearing a helmet under his mask, just a hat. A future MLB slugger hit the catcher on top of his head with his backswing. The coach made all catchers wear helmets after that.
The flagrant failure to attempt to score by Cousins in destroying the 2011 season for San Fran resulted in a rule change, and Cousins being drummed out of baseball.
I feel bad for the twins catchers
RIP Kurt Suzuki
As a cather this video brings a tear to my eye
As a catcher myself I’ve taken so many thrown bats to the body I’m kind of used to it.
I am a catcher and one time a big runner came torwards home and I was like oh shit when he hit me I got a dislocated shoulder from that
There are a lot of guys who were never taught to keep both hands on the bat.
As a catcher, i feel that
ok, the one where the guy throws the bat. Where does it even touch the catcher? It doesn't look like it touched him at all.
Could you do a video about 9th inning, 1 out sac flies like at 1:00? I know it’s very specific but they are fun plays.
I remember watching Alex Avila take a ball of the mask and it made sparks lol
man suzuki was not having a good day
1:53 what the hell the runner was thinking?
some were taught to run into the catcher in hope they'll lose the ball
He should have been ejected. Run into the catcher, fine, but when you throw the elbow, you're trying to hurt someone. Hit the showers chump.
Catcher catches the ball
Player from third: So you have chosen death
greatest feat in baseball is an outfielder throwing strikes from all the way out there
i dont play baseball, but why did some of those players running toward home look like they were basically decking the catcher rather than sliding? I SWEAR THEY WERE GOING FOR BODY NOT PLATE
Catcher resist everything AKA suzuki getting bullied
The one preventable way to stop hurting catchers is to quit fucking letting go of the bat as you swing through
A better name would be “catchers endure everything” Good video tho
Is 8:06 and 8:16 the same???
No
I don’t think 🤔 so. At 8:06, the catcher’s mask didn’t fall off but at 8:16, the mask fell off. This catcher took a beating twice from the same guy in a day.
AKA poor Kurt Suzuki 😳
Where's Molina's nutshot from a couple years ago? He took a 100+ mph foul ball straight to the junk and was out of the game for over a month because he had to have surgery on it
RIP Kurt Suzuki
I love this
Honestly though foul tips hurt the kids in my leave are ruthless so I think it hurts more when they tackle me when they are trying to get to home
The Twins have some crappy luck with foul tips 😂
One time in 12u baseball I was catching and there was a play at the plate and I had him out by like 5 feet but he decided to drop his head and truck me and I blacked out. 😂
Can i lay out a runner if he runs at me? im 295lb 6'2
i aint no cubs fan but give me a break rizzo picked his lane and was running full speed, sometimes as a catcher you get burned 6:56
Catcher and also linebacker here.
Agreed
With God everything is possible praise God praying for everyone everyday God bless you all 🙏
Thank God for baseball
Lol I’m an atheist
Man I really like these videos... but do you really need to put an ad in the middle of every one?
If this was soccer these would all be career enders
Anybody else just see the umpires concern and think maybe they’re not blind sometimes?
Mannn buster got drilled. Holy shit.
“But the pitcher is the hardest position”
who said that
And this right here is why you can’t shit on the catcher anymore damn
Bang the drum slowly
Catchers need better protection
If you dont think catcher is the hardest position i will personally put you in catching gear and prove you wrong
so astros playing dirty now
Do they need to start calling batters out for hitting the catcher on the backswing in order to give them a little more awareness of what they are doing? FFS.
That's why you need a big player for a catcher position. 😅
2:53 SOOOO GLITCHY
I am a catcher and I was the only catcher on my team one season and while I was batting I fouled a ball onto my toe and wrecked it. I had to catch the rest of the game with a dead toe.
I took one off the left shin on a wild pitch at bat and it swelled bad and had to catch 5 more innings on it so I feel your pain
@2:15 so you can say he got hit in the “twins” aye?
aye
gotta love how people lay the catchers out when they get hurt they act they are worried about them
That’s what they are supposed to do. It’s part of the game. If the catcher has the ball they block the plate and the runner is supposed to lay them out. They do truly care. It’s part of the game.
I got a concussion for 278 days from 3:12 exact way
catcher is hard
The Minnesota Twins catchers are getting beat the fuck up.
I'm a catcher and it's true I got hit in the spot and I did not go of the field because of that
"here's what i got an issue with i got an issue with anthony rizzo"
Nobody:
Comments: I KNOW 99% WONT SEE THIS BUT IF U DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY
Luke on 3DS cool
You too
Goto church and 99% will see it then. Place and time, ok
They are playing a different sport...